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A Graph of Primes

by Donald E. G. Malm (Oakland University)

This article originally appeared in:
Mathematics Magazine
December, 1993

Subject classification(s): Algebra and Number Theory | Number Theory | Primes | Discrete Mathematics | Graph Theory
Applicable Course(s): 4.3 Number Theory | 4.7 Discrete Structures

The graph obtained by constructing an edge between each pair of primes with difference a power of 2 is not connected.


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Capsule Course Topic(s):
Number Theory | Primes and Composites
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